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March 2017
THE CREATIVE AND PURPOSEFUL USE OF ACTIVITIES IN GROUPS
This workshop explores the use of structured and unstructured activities in groups in order to enhance creative learning and produce positive outcomes for group members. Group work programs often include structured activities, accompanied by instructions on how to conduct them. Often there is minimal information regarding how to process them. The value for group members is less about the activity itself, and more about the meaning that they take from it. Integral to this is how the group leader facilitates…
Find out more »April 2017
Executive Skills in the Classroom with Dr Anna Bortoli
At some point, to some degree all children struggle with getting organised, exercising self-control, and getting on with others. But some kids seem to need constant supervision and help far beyond the point their peers are beginning to manage certain tasks on their own. Child development research shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial “executive skills”. Book a seat today to learn how to develop this essential skill in…
Find out more »The Occasional Counsellor™ – Canberra, ACT
The Occasional Counsellor™ is for staff who are not employed in a counselling role but are called upon to give others emotional support, including receptionists, case managers and direct care staff. The focus of the workshop is teaching the participants strategies for assisting individuals who are sad, upset, bewildered, confused, angry or suicidal while clearly remaining within their role. The workshop covers the following areas: the skills of the helper including the importance of empathy and when not to empathise…
Find out more »Engaging Adolescents | Gladstone
ONE-DAY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING A comprehensive one-day training course that equips you with the knowledge to teach parents and carers skills to resolve their teenager’s behaviour problems. Expected learning outcomes: The ability to conduct the Engaging Adolescents™ program, as either a three-meeting parent education course or to teach the program one-to-one. Knowledge to teach parents about adolescent challenges and how to hold reasonable expectations of their adolescent. Knowledge of easy-to-use techniques that parents and carers can use to enlist adolescents to manage…
Find out more »Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Michael Durrant
Do you support complex clients with limited time? Do your clients focus on the problem rather than how to change? Would you like to learn an efficient, evidenced based approach to help clients move forward and reach their treatment outcomes? Book a seat today to add this valuable counseling approach to your toolbox. Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) offers professionals an efficient, user-friendly and evidenced based approach that is responsive to the practical realities of working with young people and adults. The…
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